English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
FIVE ENGLISH IDIOMS AND THEIR STANDARD FORMS
The party reached into every nook and corner of people’s lives (nonstandard).
The party reached into every nook and cranny of people’s lives (standard).
That’s a good one; more grease to your elbow (nonstandard).
That’s a good one; more power to your elbow (standard).
It is gratifying to have a great scholar on GAB English Language Lab; a professor of English for that matter (nonstandard).
It is gratifying to have a great scholar on GAB English Language Lab; a professor of English at that (standard).
It is better you realise that you cannot eat your cake and have it (nonstandard).
It is better you realise that you cannot have your cake and eat it (standard).
The alcohol must have beclouded her judgement (nonstandard).
The alcohol must have clouded her judgement (standard).
GAB
